Slip for women



N 1954 M. B. ROUSE 'SLIP FOR WOMEN Filed Feb. 24. 1953 INVENTOR. fl/MY .5. H0055 ,4rr0QA/5Ks United States Patent SLIP FOR WQWN Mary B. Rouse, Wilmington, Del.

Application February 24, 1953, Serial No. 338,407

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-43) This invention relates to improvements in garments for women and, more particularly, to improvements in slips for women.

The invention is particularly concerned with modern type slips which are fitted at the waist and cannot be pulled up from the shoulder and likewise with those slips which have no shoulder straps at all and which are fitted at the waist.

It is an object of the instant invention to disclose a slip for women in which the bottom edge of the slip can be longitudinally adjusted by shirring at any desired point or points.

A further object is to disclose a slip in which the bottom edge can be readily adjusted by the wearer at any point or points to bring the bottom edge thereof above the bottom edge of the outer garment.

Another object is to disclose a slip of the type described without materially increasing the cost thereof over known slips.

Qther objects of the instant invention will become apparent in the course of the following specification.

In the attainment of the aforesaid objectives, a plurality of spaced draw strings is secured to the skirt portion of the slip adjacent the bottom edge thereof. Each draw string is slidably inserted through the skirt portion at intervals along a U-shaped line with the free ends of the strings at the top of the U-shaped line and on the outside of the skirt portion. By pulling upwardly on any draw string, the skirt portion intermediate the top and bottom of the U-shaped line can be shirred sufficiently to bring the bottom edge thereof in substantial alignment with or even above the bottom edge of the outer garment at any point or points where the bottom edge of the skirt portion has a tendency to protrude below the bottom edge of the outergarment.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing by way of ex ample a preferred embodiment of the inventive concept.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the improved slip constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention in the fully extended position of the skirt portion and draw strings.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of the bottom of the skirt portion with one draw string shown in Figure 1 but on an enlarged scale;

Figure 3 is a sectional View along 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 but with the bottom of the skirt portion shortened at one or more points by shirring with one of the draw strings; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of the lower part of the skirt portion of the slip shown in Figure l with the bottom edge thereof shortened by shirring at one or more points with one draw string.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings where 2,692,988 Patented Nov. 2, 1954 like reference numerals indicate like parts, reference numeral 10 indicates the slip, 11 the skirt portion of the slip, and 12 the draw strings for adjusting the bottom of the slip relative to the bottom edge of the outer garment not shown in the drawings.

The slip 10 with skirt portion 11 may he made of any known material in a known manner.

Each draw string 12 is slidably inserted on alternate sides of the skirt portion 11 at spaced intervals along a U-shaped line adjacent the bottom edge and in spaced relationship with similar contiguous draw strings as illustrated. The free ends of each draw string are at the top of the U-shaped slidable attachment thereof and on the outside of the skirt portion. The free ends of each string can be tied together in any suitable manner after the bottom of the skirt portion has been shirred between the 20p and bottom of the draw string, as shown in Figure While somewhat the same result can be obtained by using a draw string slidably inserted in the manner of the previously described string 12, but only along a vertical line and with the bottom of the string anchored to the skirt portion, or even free to be drawn in conjunction with the top of the string, a more uniform shortening substantially free from disfiguration is obtained with fewer strings when attached in the U-shaped manner illustrated and described.

in operation:

By viewing the position of the bottom of the outer garment relative to the bottom edge of the skirt portion of the slip, any portion of the bottom edge thereof protrading below the corresponding edge of the outer garment can be readily shortened by grasping in one hand the ends of the draw string above the edge of the skirt requiring shortening and pulling upwardly on the string while holding the skirt portion above the top of the string.

Where there is above disclosed but one embodiment of the improved slip, it is possible to produce still other embodiments without departing from the inventive concept herein disclosed, and it is desired, therefore, that only such limitations be imposed on the appended claim as are stated therein, or required by prior art.

What is claimed is:

In a womans slip having a skirt portion; a plurality of spaced draw strings, each of said draw strings being being slidably inserted through the skirt close to the bottom portion thereof along a U-shaped line with the bottom of the U-shaped line extending substantially parallel to the lower edge of the skirt portion and with the legs of the U-shaped line extending substantially vertically, each of said draw strings having two free ends at the top of the U-shaped line on the outside of the skirt portion, all of said draw strings being located substantially on the same level, whereby the bottom edge of the slip may be longitudinally adjusted by shirring.

References Eitetl in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,127,366 Mele Aug. 16, 1938 2,470,031 Harris May 10, 1949 2,484,467 Schacht Oct. 11, 1949 2,632,177 McFerin Mar. 24, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 10,936 Great Britain Nov. 21, 1912 572,455 Germany Jan. 8, 1932 

